viciously

English

Alternative forms

• vitiously (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English viciously; equivalent to vicious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

viciously (comparative more viciously, superlative most viciously)

1. In a vicious manner; ferociously or maliciously.

Translations

in a vicious manner

• Finnish: rajusti (fi), tuhoisasti (fi), raa’asti, julmasti (fi)
• Spanish: corruptamente

Middle English

Alternative forms

• veciously, vicously, vicioseli, visciousli, viciusly, viciosly, vycioousely

Etymology

From vicious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /visiˈuːsliː/, /visˈjuːsliː/, /ˈvisjusliː/

Adverb

viciously

1. sinfully, evilly

Descendants

• English: viciously

References

• “viciǒuslī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-01.